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Relative preeminence of officials for ceremonial purposes
The order of precedence in Bangladesh , officially known as Warrant of Precedence , is a symbolic hierarchy that lays down the relative precedence in terms of ranks of important functionaries belonging to the executive, legislative and judicial organs of the state, including members of the foreign diplomatic corps. When a person holds more than one position, the highest position is considered. The Warrant of Precedence was challenged by a writ petition. On November 10, 2016, the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court issued a full judgment on the writ of Warrant of Precedence.[ 1] The Government filed a review petition, thought the Appellate Division did not stay the execution of the judgment. Cabinet division revised and published a new warrant of precedence in July 2020 which contradicts the judgement of the Supreme Court on Warrant of Precedence.[citation needed ]
Order of Precedence of Bangladesh 1986
Rank
Position
1
2
3
4
5
Deputy Speaker of the Parliament - Vacant
Leader of the opposition in Parliament – Vacant
6
Persons holding appointments accorded status of a Minister without being members of the Cabinet
7
8
9
Persons holding appointments accorded status of a Minister of State
10
Deputy Ministers of the Republic
11
Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary accredited to Bangladesh
Persons holding appointments accorded status of a Deputy Minister
12
13
14
Visiting Ambassadors and High Commissioners not accredited to Bangladesh
15
16
17
18
Mayors of the city corporations (within the jurisdiction of their respective corporation)
19
20
21
Additional Inspector Generals of Police
Commissioners of Divisions within their respective charges
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrates/Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrates/Joint District and Sessions Judges/Joint Metropolitan Sessions Judges
Deputy Registrars of the Supreme Court
Chairman, Civil Aviation Authority
Director General, Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence
Chief Controller of Imports and Exports
Chief Engineer, Housing and Settlement Department
Chief Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department
Director General of Export Promotion Bureau
Director General of Post Offices
Ministers and Deputy High Commissioners (of the rank of Ministers in Embassies, High Commissions and Missions located in Bangladesh)
Joint Secretaries to the Government
Managing Director, Bangladesh Shipping Corporation
Managing Directors of the Financial Institutions
Managing Director, Bangladesh Film Development Corporation
Officers of the rank of Brigadier General in the Army and equivalent in the Navy and the Air Force
Surveyor General of Bangladesh
22
Deputy Inspectors General of Police within their respective charges
Additional Chief Architect
Additional Chief Engineers of Government Departments
Additional Director General, Health Services
Commissioners of Divisions outside their respective charges
Commissioners of Taxes
Consuls General
Councilors of Embassies, High Commissions, and Legations of Foreign and Commonwealth Government
Inspector General of Prisons
Joint Chief, Planning Commission
Officers of the rank of Full Colonel in the Army and equivalent in the Navy and the Air Force
Officers of the status of Joint Secretary to the Government
Principals of Medical and Engineering Colleges and Professors of Universities
23
Additional Commissioners (within respective charges)
Senior Judicial Magistrates/Metropolitan Magistrates/Senior Assistant Judges
Assistant Registrars (Senior Assistant Judge) of the Supreme Court
Mayors of City Corporations outside their respective charges
Military, Naval, and Air Attaches to Embassies and Legations and Military, Naval, and Air Advisors to High Commissions
Professors of Medical and Engineering Colleges
24
Chairmen of District Councils (if elected) within their respective charges.
Deputy Commissioners within their respective charges
Deputy Inspectors General of Police outside their charges
Commandant of the Bangladesh Marine Academy
Officers of the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Army and equivalent in the Navy and the Air Force
25
Deputy Secretaries of the government
Superintendents of Police within their respective charges
CNS(Captain) and Chief Engineer of Bangladesh Marine Academy
Civil Surgeons within their respective charge
Officers of the rank of Major in the Army and equivalent in the Navy and the Air Force
Chairmen (if elected) of class I Municipalities within their charges
Chairmen (if elected) of Upazila Parishads within their respective charges